Why Relationships are Big Karma

When we come into this world we arrive with a well-designed path of obstacles, a sort of divine course curriculum that takes us through this journey called life. The obstacles are all part of the plan, our “karma”. Everyone we meet on the planet is a teacher, but the...

Re-defining LOVE

From birth to age seven we define what love is. We determine whether love is a suffocating obsession or a casual hug, or maybe nothing more than an unconditional smile and an innate sense that others love us.  As children, what we define it to be, then has an action...

Finding the Divine in Divorce

I have recently had some friends and family members go through divorce. I have tried to understand what gets someone to that point of wanting to take a sharp right turn out of marital bliss and into the unknown and insecurity of being alone again. I have heard all the...

A More Kind and Gentle Space

It is a difficult scenario to face when unkind words from others enter into our space, whether it be a feeling, a thought or a spoken expression. There is first a sadness and shock that sweeps over us and then we are placed into a defensive mode as we want to stand up...